The obvious spiritual symbols of death, loss and pain are relevant here. Equally, burial has the connotation of transmutation - an object buried may or may not be changed. In magical practice, it is the habit to bury or return to the earth anything which has negativity attached to it. To be attending a burial in our dreams shows the need to come to terms with loss. To be burying something suggests that we are hiding an emotion or feeling even from ourselves. To have a dream about being buried indicates a fear of being overcome, possibly by responsibility or by someone else?s ill-feeling. Consult the entries for Coffin, Death and Grave for further clarification.